Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU(70 speeches) By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the joint committee. If, however, they are directed by it...

Business of Joint Committee(1 speech) Apologies have been received from Deputies Pat Breen, Olivia Mitchell and Ruairí Quinn and Senators Mark Daly and David Norris. The minutes of the meeting on 17 December 2014 have been...

Migration Issues: World Health Organization(26 speeches) I welcome Dr. Santino Severoni from the World Health Organization. For years migration has been an issue in Europe. The expansion of the European Union and the increasing numbers of migrants...

What are Committees?

Committees in the Oireachtas are where TDs and Senators discuss amendments to government legislation, scrutinise public expenditure and organisations,
and take evidence from expert witnesses and civil servants.

'Joint' committees and subcommittees contain members of both the Dáil and Seanad. 'Select' committees and subcommittees contain only TDs.